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CHARTER 

Constitution, By-Laws, Officers, Committees, 
Roll of Members, &c., 



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pRiENDLY Sons of St. Patrick 



CITY OF NEW YORK. 



Instituted March 17th, 1784. 
Incorporated February 13th, 1827. 

{Chap. 42, Laws JZ27.) 
DEOENIBER 6tln, 1894. 



PRINTED BY 

DEMPSEY * CARROLL, 

NEW YORK. 



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NEW YORK PUBL. LIBR, 
IN BXCHANQE. 

JUL 7 1905 



OFFICERS— 1894. 



PRESIDENT, 

JOHN D. CRIMMINS. 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, 

JAMES S. COLEMAN. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 

EDWARD W. SCOTT. 

TREASURER, 

EUGENE KELLY. 

SECRETARY, 

BARTHOLOMEW MOYNAHAN. 

ALMONER, 

WILLIAM L.. BROWN. 

COMMITTEE ON CHARITY, 

JOHN CRANE, WILLIAM J. FANNING, 

DAN'L F. COONEY, GEORGE B. COLEMAN, 

JOHN F. DOYLE. 

AUDITING COMMITTEE, 

JOHN McANERNEY, JAMES G. JOHNSON, 

JAMES P. FARRELL. 

STEWARDS, 

EUGENE DURNIN, JOHN FOX, 

FRANK C. O'REILLY. JOSEPH LEAVY, 

MILES M. O'BRIEN. 



PREFACE. 



. The Society of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick 
in the City of New York, instituted March 17th, 
1784, had its origin in Irish Officers connected with 
the armies of the American Revolution. Daniel 
McCormick, Esquire, was its founder and its presi- 
dent for many years. The objects of the Society 
were : (i) to assist poor and distressed natives, and 
descendents of natives of Ireland ; and (2) to pro- 
mote friendly, social feelings among its members. 
With these laudable purposes as a foundation, on 
March 17, 1784 (the first St. Patrick's Day following 
the evacuation of New York by the British in 
November, 1783), the Society inaugurated its festive 
functions at "Capes' Tavern," the Delmonico's of 
that time. And in the Advertiser (a newspaper 
"published every Monday and Thursday; printed by 
Samuel Loudon, 5 Water Street, between Coffee 



House and Old Slip"), under date of March i8, 1784 
the following appears: 

"Yesterday, being the anniversary of St. Patrick, his 
"patriotic sons met at Cape's Tavern, where they gave an 
"elegant entertainment to his Excellency the Governor, Lieut. - 
"Governor, Chancellor and a number of other respectable 
"gentlemen of this State. The day and evening were spent in 
"Lestivity and mirth, and a number of suitable toasts were 
"drank upon this joyful occasion. The greatest unanimity and 
"conviviality pervaded this numerous and jovial company." 

And thus commenced, (in the words of Curran), 
" those happy meetings when the swelling heart con- 
ceived and communicated the pure and generous 
purpose, the innocent enjoyment of social mirth ex- 
panded into the nobler warmth of social virtue, and 
the horizon of the board became enlarged into the 
horizon of man." 

From the inception of the Society, various regula- 
tions and by-laws have existed for" its government, 
the last being adopted January 5th. 1832, at the 
Bank Coffee House in this city, the committee 
formulating those by-laws forcibly reiterating the 
objects of the Society in the following touching pre- 
amble : 

"It is so natural for persons in reduced circumstances or 
"who may have fallen into misfortune or distress in a part of 
"the world remote from the place of their nativity, to apply for 
"aid to those who are originally from the same country, that 
'•the expedient of National Associations, or Societies, readily 
"suggested itself as a prompt and effectual means of affording 
•the desired relief. 



"It was for the purpose of assisting the poor and distressed 
"natives of Ireland that ' The Society of the Friendly Sons of 
"St. Patrick' was organized. 

"Various rules and regulations were adopted for the 
"government, of the Society, which were enlarged and altered 
"from time to time, as circumstances and expediency required, 
"always having in view the laudable and important object of 
"relieving the deserving and distressed Irish." 

"In order to secure and perpetuate the advantages of this 
"Society to the natives and descendents of natives of Ireland, 
"and as connected with this, to promote good disposition and 
"friendly feeling with each other, thus uniting the charitable 
"and humane, with the friendly and social feelings, a further 
"revision of the by-laws was lately thought necessary, &c." 

At a meeting of the Society held May nth, 1893, 
a committee was appointed to examine the existing 
regulations and by-laws with a view to any amend- 
ment or addition that might be deemed necessary 
by reason of the changed conditions that may have 
arisen in the many years that had intervened. At 
a meeting of the Society, held at the Windsor 
Hotel, December 5th, 1894, Judge Morgan J. O'Brien, 
from that committee, reported a complete set of 
new by-laws for the future government of the 
Society, and (the requisite number of members 
being present) the same were unanimously adopted. 
A committee, consisting of Judge O'Brien and the 
Secretary, was then appointed with power to have 
these by-laws published in suitable form ; and the 
Secretary was directed to add the Roll of Member- 
ship, a copy of the Charter of the Society, and such 



other interesting information as he may deem ap- 
propriate and proper. 

The design of the badge worn by members of the 
Society, and which appears on the cover of this 
book, is a facsimile of the ''reverse" of the 
medal worn by the members of the Friendly Sons 
of St. Patrick in Philadelphia in 177 1. The follow- 
mg m reference to that medal is from HavertVs 
Americaii Alma?iac : 

Each member was reqtiired to furnish himself with a gold 
medal ot the value of three guineas, agreeably to the follow- 
ing description: On the right, HIBERNIA; on the left 
AMERICA: in the center. LIBERTY joining the hands of 
HIBERNIA and AMERICA, represented by the usual figures 
of a female supported by a harp, for HIBERNIA : an Indian 
with his quiver on his back and his bow slung, for AMERICA • 
underneath. UNITE. On the reverse. ST. PATRICK tramp- 
ling on a snake, a cross in his hand, dressed in pontificalibus 
the motto, 'HIER." 

These devices, designed some vears before the Revolution 
were certainly ominous, if not prophetic. The Goddess of 
LIBERTY joining the hands of HIBERNIA and AMERIC A. 

with the superscription •• UNITE." was sufficiently significant' 
considering that the effect of that union powerfully promoted 
the subsequent dismemberment of the British Empire and the 
liberty and independence of America. The motto HIER or 
without the aspirate, lER, in the Celtic language .signifies 
" West," and from it came the name of the countrv. Ere. Erin 
or Ireland, and lerna, aspirated Hibernia. But the word 
HIER had in it a duplicate and equivocal signification, pecul- 
arly appropriate as the motto of a society whose object was 
to "6^wVf" in fellowship the sons of the little isle of the 
" IVest " with those of the great continent of the "West. " This 



medal the members were obliged to wear at the meeting of 
the Society under the penalty of 7s. 6d. for neglect to do so 
on St. Patrick's day, and 5s. on the days of the quarterly 
meetings. 

The original records of the Society previous to 
1836, which were in the possession of its then Sec- 
retary, are not in existence — otherwise much addi- 
tional information could have been incorporated 
herein. They were destroyed by fire in August. 
1835. All extracts quoted, however, relating to a 
period subsequent to that time are authentic ; and 
those referring to the preceding period are the 
result of careful research into contemporaneous 
documents and records. 

It is to the recently awakened interest of the 
members in the Society, owing to the zeal of 
its present president, that the publication of 
this volume is due. The intention-of the members 
is to hand down unimpaired to their successors the 
heritage committed to their care : to knit more 
closely together, by a knowledge of its past, the 
humane and social objects of the Society ; and to 
record their appreciation of those who through so 
many generations kept aglow the fire of love of the 
land of birth as well as love of the land of hoine. 
Bartholomew Moynahan, 

Secretary. 

New York, December 6, 1894. 



CHARTER 

OF THE SOCIETY OF 

THE FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK 
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK. 



An Act to Incorporate the Society of the Friend- 
ly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of New York. 
Passed February Thirteenth, One Thousand Eight 
Hundred and Twenty-seven. 

Whereas, the members of a Society instituted for 
the relief of indigent natives of Ireland, and their 
descendants, have petitioned the Legislature for 
an act of incorporation, the better to enable them 
to obtain the objects of their association ; therefore 

Be it enacted by the People of the State of New 
York, represented in Senate and Assembly, that 
John Chambers, James McBride, James Magee, 
Alexander Charters, John B. Montgomery, John 
Caldwell and Daniel McCormick, and such other 
persons as now are, or hereafter shall, become 
members of the Society of the Friendly Sons of St. 
Patrick in the City of New York, are hereby con- 
stituted and declared a body politic and corporate, 
in fact and in name, by the name of " The Society 
of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City of 



CHARTER. 

New York," and by that name they and their suc- 
cessors, during the existence of the said incorpora- 
tion, shall and may have perpetual succession and 
shall in law be capable of suing and being sued, 
pleading and being impleaded, answering and being 
answered unto, defending and being defended, in 
all courts and places whatsoever ; and that they 
and their successors may have and use a common 
seal, and may change and alter the same from time 
to time at their pleasure ; and also by their corpor- 
ate name and in their corporate capacity, they and 
their successors may purchase, take, hold, use and 
enjoy, sell, lease and convey any estate, real or 
personal, for the use and benefit of said corporation : 
provided, that the annual income of such real and 
personal estate shall not at any time exceed Five 
Thousand Dollars. 

2. And be it further e?iacted, that the said corpor- 
ation shall have power to make such constitutions, 
by-laws and regulations as they shall judge proper 
for the appointment of officers, for the admission of 
new members, for the government of the officers 
and members thereof, for collecting annual con- 
tributions from the members towards the funds 
thereof, for regulating the times and places of 
meeting of the said Society, for suspending or ex- 
pelling such members as shall neglect or refuse to 
comply with the by-laws or regulations, and for 



the managing and directing the property, affairs 
and concerns of said Society : provided, that such 
constitution, by-laws and regulations be not incon- 
sistent with the Laws or Constitution of this State. 
or of the United States : provided further, that the 
said corporation shall not engage in any banking 
business, nor dispose of any of its funds for any 
other purpose than the relief of such members of 
the said Society, natives of Ireland, and children 
and grand-children of natives of Ireland, or of a 
member of said Society, who may become indigent 
and poor. 

3. And be it further enacted, that the present 
officers of said Society shall hold their respective 
offices until others shall be chosen in their places. 

4. And be it further enacted, that this Act be, and 
hereby is declared to be a public act, and that the 
same shall be construed in all courts and places, 
benignly and favorably for every beneficial purpose 
therein intended, and that no misnomer of the said 
corporation in any deed, gift, grant, devise or other 
instrument of contract or conveyance, shall vitiate 
or defeat the same : provided, the Corporation shall 
be sufficiently disinterested to ascertain the inten- 
tion of the parties. 

5. And be it further enacted, that the Legislature 
may at any time hereafter amend, alter, modify or 
repeal this act. 



BYLAWS. 



ARTICLE I. 

NAME AND SEAL OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. I. The name of the Society, fixed by Charter 
granted by the Legislature of the State of New 
York, on the 13th February, 1827, is "The Society 
OF the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick in the City 
OF New York." 

Sec. 2. The seal of this Society shall be an Irish 
Harp, with the motto " Erin go Bragh." 

ARTICLE IL 

membership. 

Sec. I . There shall be three classes of members, 
I) Active, (2) Life, (3) Honorary. 



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Sec. 2. Gentlemen of the age of twenty-one years 
and over, being natives, or the descendants of 
natives, of Ireland, and of good moral character, 
shall alone be eligible for active or life member- 
ship in this Society. 

Sec. 3. The Society may elect honorary members, 
who shall enjoy all the privileges of active members, 
except those of voting and holding office; but no 
person shall be elected an honorary member unless 
his name shall be first referred to the officers who, 
shall report thereon in writing at a regular meet- 
ing held not less than thirty days after such refer- 
ence. 

Sec. 4. Any candidate for active or honorary 
membership must be proposed by a member at 
a regular meeting, who must state in writing the 
name of the candidate, his profession or occupa- 
tion, and his place of residence. If such proposal 
is seconded by another member, then at the next 
meeting thereafter, if for active membership (and 
if for honorary membership, as herein provided), 
the Society may proceed to ballot for his admis- 
sion, and if there appear three negative votes 
against such candidate, he shall not be admitted. 
But no election shall take place for the admission 
of a member, active or honorary, unless there are 
at least fifteen members present at the meeting. 

Sec. 5. A member proposing a candidate shall 



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be accountable to the Society for his initiation fee 
and first year's dues. Unless the same are paid by 
the member proposing or the candidate elected, 
within thirty days after notice of such election, 
the latter shall forfeit his right to membership. 

Sec. 6. The initiation fee shall be three dollars; 
the annual dues five dollars. Honorary members, 
in lieu of initiation fee and all dues, shall pay one 
hundred dollars, unless the Board of Officers in 
their report recommend, and the Society by unani- 
mous vote decide, that such sum shall be remitted. 

Sec. 7. The initiation fee is payable immediately 
on the admission of a member ; the annual dues 
are payable on St. Patrick's Day, and are for the 
year then ensuing. Any member elected within 
three months before St. Patrick's Day need not pay 
dues for the year ending on that day. 

Sec. 8. Any member refusing to sign the charter 
of this Society when thereunto required, shall for- 
feit his membership, and his name shall be erased 
from the books of the Society. 

Sec. 9. Any member residing permanently in this 
city, who refuses or neglects for the space of two 
years, or, if residing out of this city, refuses and 
neglects for the space of three years, to pay his 
annual dues, or who shall be indebted to the Society 
for a sum exceeding fifteen dollars ($15), his name 
shall, by order of the President, be erased from the 



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books of this Society, unless, for some good reason 
appearing to the Society, he shall, by resolution, be 
continued a member. 

Sec. lo. In case of the expulsion of any member, 
he shall nevertheless be bound to pay the amount 
of any indebtedness incurred up to the time of his 
expulsion. 

Sec. II. Any member wishing to resign, shall 
tender his resignation in writing, and such resigna- 
tion may be accepted, provided the indebtedness 
for which the said member may be in arrears shall 
then be paid up. 

Sec. 12. Any one now a member or otherwise 
eligible to membership may become a life member, 
by vote of the Society and by the payment of $ioo, 
which shall commute the payment thereafter of 
annual dues. 

Sec. 13. The amounts received for life and honor- 
ary membership shall become a permanent fund, 
the principal of which shall remain inviolate, and 
the income only applied to the objects of the 
Society ; except that if the Society shall resolve to 
purchase a permanent abode, the said principal 
may be applied to that purpose with the consent of 
three-fourths of the members. The income of the 
Society shall consist of initiation fees, dues, and the 
Interest accruing from the investment of its perma- 
nent fund. 



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ARTICLE III. 

OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. I. There shall annually, at the Preparatory- 
Meeting hereinafter mentioned, be chosen the fol- 
lowing officers from among the members, to wit : 

A President, two Vice-Presidents, a Treasurer, a 
Recording Secretary, a Corresponding Secretary, 
and an Almoner. 

Sec. 2. The mode of choosing said officers shall 
be by ballot, and the persons receiving the greatest 
number of votes shall be declared elected. 

Sec. 3. At the stated meeting of the Society, to 
be held on the third Monday of November in each 
year, there shall be elected by ballot, by a majority 
of the votes actually cast at such meeting, a com- 
mittee of five from the body of the v^ociety, which 
shall be known as the Nominating Committee, 
whose duty it shall be to nominate Officers, to be 
voted for at the next election. Such committee 
shall be elected by ballot, and tellers shall be ap- 
pointed to canvass the votes. And it shall be the 
duty of such committee to send by mail to each 
member the names of the candidates selected at 
least fifteen days previous to the election. 

Sec. 4. Members may propose candidates for 
officers other than those selected by the nominat- 



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ing committee ; but they shall not be voted for 
unless a notice signed by not less than five mem- 
bers, stating the proposed candidates, shall be de- 
livered to the Corresponding Secretary in time for 
that officer to mail such notice to each member at 
least five days before the election. 

Sec. 5. There shall be constituted in the manner 
as hereinafter provided, the following standing 
committees : 

(i) Committee on Charity, (2) Committee on Ac- 
counts, (3) Committee on Finance, (4) Committee 
on Anniversary Dinner to be known as " Stewards." 



ARTICLE IV. 

DUTY OF THE PRESIDENT. 

Sec. I. The President shall preside in all meet- 
ings of the Society. He shall preserve order, put 
the question and declare the decision. He shall 
arrange the order of despatching business ; shall 
call Special Meetings of the Society when he shall 
judge it proper, or when applied to for that purpose 
by the Committee on Finance, hereinafter mentioned, 
by the Committee on Charity, or by nine members 
of the Society. They shall state to him in writing 
the object of calling such meeting. 

Sec. 2. The President and Vice-Presidents elect 



BY-LAWS 

shall, after the preparatory meeting, and before the 
Anniversary Festival, appoint five Stewards, whose 
duties shall be to select the place of meeting, pro- 
vide the Anniversary Dinner, stipulate for the price 
thereof, and in conjunction with the President and 
Vice-Presidents, prepare the toasts, sign the invi- 
tation cards, and take charge of the general detail 
of the Anniversary celebration. 

ARTICLE V. 

DUTY OF THE VICE-PRESIDENTS. 

Sec. I. The duties specified in the foregoing 
article shall, in the absence of the President, de- 
volve on the First Vice-President, and in the ab- 
sence of both, on the Second Vice-President. 

ARTICLE VI. 

DUTY OF THE TREASURER. 

Sec. I. The Treasurer shall have the custody of 
all the money and other property of the Society, 
and, under the direction of the Board of Officers, he 
shall invest the same in such securities as directed 
by the Board, and when uninvested, shall deposit 
the same in such bank for savings, or for deposit, or 
in such trust company in the city of New York, as 
the Board of Officers may direct. 



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Sec. 2. He shall keep regular accounts of all 
receipts and disbursements in suitable books pro- 
vided for that purpose, which shall be open at all 
reasonable times for the inspection of the officers 
and members. 

Sec. 3. In the auditing of his accounts by the 
Committee on Accounts he shall be required to pro- 
duce vouchers for all disbursements. 

Sec. 4. That in the accounts so kept by the Trea- 
surer, the amount and disposition not only of the 
permanent fund but also of the income of the 
Society shall be separately stated. 

Sec. 5. He shall at each stated meeting present 
an abstract of his accounts, stating the amounts 
received and expended since the last meeting, and 
on account of what fund they were received and. 
expended, since the previous Anniversary Festival ; 
stating, also, the balance then at the credit of each 
of the funds in his book. 

ARTICLE VII. 

DUTIES OF THE SECRETARIES. 

Of the Recording Secretary. 

Sec. I. The Recording Secretary shall have the 
custody of all the records and journals of the So- 
ciety. 

Sec. 2. It shall be his duty to attend at all the 



meetings of the Society, and to make a regular 
entry in a book of minutes, to be kept by him for 
that purpose, of all proceedings of such meetings. 

Sec. 3. He shall keep a list of the members of the 
said Society. He shall also keep an account of the 
fees and dues that accrue. He shall appoint a pro- 
per and discreet person to collect the same, and 
shall allow such person reasonable compensation 
therefor. 

Sec. 4. He shall pay over to the Treasurer, at 
least once in each month, all sums by him received, 
deducting the collector's fees on such part thereof 
as he may have collected. 

Sec. 5. He shall, at each stated meeting, exhibit 
an abstract of his books, showing the amount of 
moneys he has received since the last stated meet- 
ing ; the names of the members whose dues remain 
unpaid, and the amount they owe ; the names of 
such members as have, by the terms of Article II., 
Sections 5th, 8th, 9th, loth and nth, forfeited their 
membership. 

Sec. 6. He shall, at the settlement and auditing 
of his accounts, produce written vouchers for all 
sums he may have paid over to the Treasurer or to 
any other person. 

Of the Corresponding Secretary. 
Sec. I. The Corresponding Secretary shall offici- 



ally address and receive communications in the 
name of the Society, and notify the members of the 
stated and special meetings. 

Sec. 2. He shall promptly notify to the new 
members their election, and communicate all reso- 
lutions of the Society to such person or persons as 
they may affect. 

Sec. 3. He shall act as Secretary to the Stewards 
in all matters pertaining to the anniversary dinner, 
shall issue the tickets therefor, collect payment for 
the same and shall, in conjunction with the Stew- 
ards (as provided in section 2 of Article IV), take 
charge of the general details of the anniversary 
celebration. 

Sec. 4, He shall at the settlement and auditing 
of his accounts, produce written vouchers for all 
sums he may have paid over to the Treasurer or 
to any other person. 



ARTICLE VIII. 

THE COMMITTEE ON FINANCE AND ITS DUTIES. 

Sec. I. The Committee on Finance shall consist 
of the President, First and Second Vice-Presidents, 
Treasurer and Recording Secretary. The Treasurer 
shall be chairman of the Committee. 



Sec. 2. They shall have the management of the 
Permanent Fimd. They shall direct the invest- 
ment by their chairman of the moneys belonging 
to said fund, as often as the Society shall pass reso- 
lutions to that effect. They shall also direct the 
chairman in the collection of dividends on stocks, 
or income, or other property belonging to the Society. 

Sec. 3. They shall have power to sell out Stocks 
or other securities belonging to the Society, for the 
purpose of re-investing the same more advantage- 
ously, and of making such re-investment. 

Sec 4. They shall report their proceedings at each 
stated meeting. 

ARTICLE IX. 

THE COMMITTEE ON CHARITY AND ITS DUTIES. 

Sec. I. The Committee on Charity shall consist 
of three members, to be appointed by the Presi- 
dent, together with the President and Almoner. 

Sec. 2 This Committee shall have the control 
and management of the Charity Fund ; and all re- 
commendations and disbursements from this fund 
shall be made in writing, directed to the Almoner, 
and signed by some one of the members of this 
Committee; said orders must specify the names of 
the persons in whose favor they are granted. 



BY-LAWS 

Sec. 3. Said Committee may expend for charity 
any sum which, by resolution of the Board of Offi- 
cers, may be set apart for that purpose out of the 
income of the Society, or from donations of .mem- 
bers. 

ARTICLE X. 

THE COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS AND ITS DUTIES. 

Sec. I. The Committee on Accounts shall consist 
of three members, to be appointed by the Presi- 
dent. It shall be its duty, in the month of Decem- 
ber in each year, or at such other time or times as it 
may deem necessary, to audit the accounts of the 
Treasurer and Secretaries, and to examine the pro- 
ceedings of the Committees on Finance and Charity, 
and to report thereon to the Society at the next 
stated meeting. 

ARTICLE XI. 

THE STATED MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. I. The Society shall hold four stated meet- 
ings in each year, viz. : on the first Monday of Janu- 
ary, the first Monday of March, the first Monday of 
May, and the third Monday of November, in addi- 
tion to the anniversary meeting on St. Patrick's 
Day. 



Sec. 2. The meeting to be held on the first Mon- 
day in January shall be called the Preparatory 
Meeting, at which the election of officers for the 
Society shall take place, as prescribed in Article III., 
except that such Article shall not apply to the first 
election of officers under these by-laws. 

Sec. 3. All the meetings of the Society shall be 
held at such hour and place as the President, or 
person acting as President for the time being, shall 
appoint. 

Sec. 4. Nine members shall be necessary to con- 
stitute a quorum for the despatch of business, ex- 
cept as herein otherwise provided. 

Sec. 5. At all meetings the names of the members 
present, and all the proceedings, shall be by the 
Recording Secretary noted in the minutes. 

Sec. 6. At each meeting, immediately after it is 
called to order, the minutes of the last meeting shall 
be read by the Recording Secretary and passed up- 
on by the meeting. 

Sec. 7. The next business in order before the 
Society shall, be the reports of Officers and Com- 
mittees. 

Sec. 8. All resolutions proposing the alteration, 
amendment or repeal of any law, proposing candi- 
dates for membership, or touching the funds of the 
Society, shall be submitted in writing and handed 
to the Recording Secretary to be entered on the 
minutes. 

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ARTICLE XII, 

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. I. Special Meetings shall be confined to 
the transaction of such business as is indicated in 
the call for holding them, except in cases where 
the same are held by order of the President, or 
person acting as President, without a requisition 
from any Committee, or of members ; in which 
case he shall, upon the organization of the meet- 
ing, state the object for which it was called, and if 
called upon the requisition of any Committee, or of 
the members, such requisition shall state the object 
for which the meeting is requested to be held. 

Sec. 2. Special meetings may also act on applica- 
tion for admission to membership, and may ballot 
for candidates for admission, prepared at a former 
meeting. 

Sec. 3. Special meetings cannot act on any ques- 
tion of finance, or relating to the funds of the Society, 
except there are twenty-one members present, three- 
fourths of whom shall vote in favor of such ques- 
tion, and the yeas and nays on such vote shall be 
noted by the Recording Secretary. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

ANNIVERSARY MEETING OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. I. As the charitable object of this Society 
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will be greatly promoted by assembling its members 
in social and friendly intercourse around the festive 
board on the anniversary of Ireland's Tutelary 
Saint, the Society shall therefore hold an Anniver- 
sary Meeting, and dine together on St. Patrick's 
Day, except when St. Patrick's Day falls on Sun- 
day, in which case the following Monday shall be 
observed as the festival. 



ARTICLE XIV. 

DEATH, RESIGNATION OR REMOVAL OF OFFICERS. 

Sec. I. In case of the death, resignation or re- 
moval of any of the officers of this Society, the 
Society at the next regular meeting thereafter shall 
proceed to choose others in their stead, to serve for 
the remainder of the term for which such officer 
was elected. 

ARTICLE XV. 

THE MODE OF ALTERING THE LAWS OF THE SOCIETY. 

Sec. I. No suspension, repeal or amendment of 
any of the laws of this Society shall take place, un- 
less the proposition for such suspension, repeal or 
amendment, shall have been made in writing at a 



BY-LAWS 



previous regular meeting; and such proposition 
cannot pass and take effect unless there are present 
twenty-one members, three-fourths of whom shall 
vote in the affirmative. Votes to be noted by the 
Recording Secretary. 



ARTICLE XVI. 

Sec. I. These laws are to be in force, and take 
effect, on and after the ist day of January, Anno 
Domini, one thousand eight hundred and ninety- 
five, at which time all other laws and regulations 
-of the Society, now in force, shall cease and be 
void. 



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ROLL OF MEMBERS 

OF THE 

SOCIETY OF THE FRIENDLY SONS OF ST. PATRICK 
IN THE CITY OF NEW YORK, 



HONORARY MEMBERS. 

William E. Gladstone. 

Grover Cleveland. 

Chauncey M. Depew. 

Erazm J. Jerzmanowski. 

Randolph Guggenheimer. 

Hermann Gelrichs. 



Charles P. Daly, 
Robert J. Hoguet, 
Eugene Kelly, 
Robert Sewell, 
Richard P. Charles 
James P. Farrell, 
George Shea, 
James R. Cuming, 
John D. Crimmins, 



LIFE MEMBERS. 

ELECTED. 

May, 1853. 
March, i860. 
Feb., 1861. 
May, 1874. 
March, 1876. 
Feb. 1878. 
March, j88o. 
March, 1880. 
Oct., 1882, 



ACTIVE MEMBERS. 



Name. 

Ashman, A. L, 



Brown, William L., 



LIFE MEMBER. 

March, 1880 
March, 1880 
March, 1880 
March, 1880 
March, 1880 
March, 1880 
March, 1880 
May, 1882 
Jan., 1893 



Elected 

Sep., 1889. 
Mar., 1887 



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Byrne, John, 
Bruner, H. J., 
Bruner, Edward E., 
Brady, Daniel M., 
Bowe, Peter, 
Burke, John, 
Brophy, John P., 
Bannin, Michael E. 
Brady, Thomas J., 
Brown, H. H., - 
Bannan, John I., 
Barden, Thomas F. 
Bingham, James M., 
Barrett, George C, 
Brennan, Thomas S., 
Burke, William H., 
Burke, Martin, 
Bradley, Daniel J., 

Coleman, James S., 
Crimmins, Thomas E., 
Collier, P. F., - 
CoNNicK, Andrew J., 
Cockran, W. Bourke, 
Carey, William F., 
CooNEY, Daniel F., 
Croker, Richard, 
Coleman, George B., 
CoLTON, Thomas J., 
Corcoran, Andrew J. 



Mar., 


1887. 


Nov., 


1888. 


Feb., 


1889. 


Sep., 


1889. 


Feb., 


1890. 


May. 


1890. 


Jan.. 


1893. 


Jan., 


1893. 


Jan., 


1893. 


Jan., 


1893. 


Feb., 


1893. 


Feb., 


1893. 


Feb., 


1893. 


May, 


1893. 


May, 


1893. 


Feb., 


1894. 


Mar., 


1894. 


Dec, 


1894. 


Feb. 


1884. 


May, 


1884. 


Feb. 


1885. 


Feb. 


1885. 


Nov. 


,1885. 


Nov. 


, 1885. 


Mar. 


, 1887. 


Nov. 


, 1888. 


Feb. 


, 1889. 


May 


1890. 


Feb. 


, 1892. 



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Coleman, Michael, - - - Jan., 1893. 

Carroll, Howard, • - - Jan., 1893. 

Crane, John, .... Jan., 1893. 

CuRLEY, Terence F., - - - Jan., 1893. 

CusKLEY, P. J., - - - - Feb., 1893. 

Campbell, James P., - - - Feb., 1893. 

Cranitch, William I. A., - - May, 1893. 

Constable, Howard, - - - May, 1893. 

Connelly, John, - - . Dec, 1894. 

Docharty, Augustus T., - - Mar., 1879. 

Daly, Joseph F., - . . Mar.,' 1880. 

Devlin, Francis C, - - - May, 1884. 

Daly, Matthew, - - . Nov., 1885. 

DuRNiN, Eugene, - - . Feb., 1889. 

DivvER, Patrick, - - . Sep., 1889. 

Drummond, M. J., - - . May, 1890. 

Dunne, James, - - . . May, 1890. 

Doyle, John F., - - . Feb., 1892. 

Doyle, John F., Jr,, - - - Feb., 1893. 

Duff, Michael, - - . . Dec, 1893. 

Deeves, Richard, - . . May, 1894. 

Early, Edward, - - - . Dec, 1894. 

Farrell, E. D., - - - . May, 1884. 

Fitzsimons, Thomas P., - - Nov., 1885. 

Fox, John, .... Mar., 1887. 

Fanning, W. J., - - . Nov., t888. 

Fox, Patrick, - . . . May, 1890. 

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Foley, John R., - - - J^^" ^^gS- 

FuREY, John, - - - " Feb., 1893. 

Fox, John, Jr.. - - - " Feb., 1893. 

Flynn, James, - - - - Feb., 1893. 

FiTzsiMONS, Michael, - - - Feb., 1893. 

Fallon, Joseph P.. - - - Dec, 1894- 

Grace. William R., - - - Mar., 1880. 

Grant, Hugh J., - - - Mar., 1887. 

GiLROY, Thomas F., - - - Oct., 1887. 

Geoghegan, Stephen J., - - Sep., 1889. 

Gelshenen, William H.. - - May, 1890. 

Galligan, T. P.,Jr., - - - Jan., 1893. 

Gannon, Franks., - - - Feb.. 1893. 

Gibbons, John J., - - " Dec, 1894. 

Guy, Charles L., - - - Dec, 1894. 

HiGGiNS, Francis, - - - Dec, 1867. 

Harris, R. Duncan, - - - Feb., 1880. 

Hicks, Michael, - - - May, 1884. 

Hurst. William H., - - - Mar., 1887. 

Haggerty, J. Henry. - - - Sep.. 1889. 

Hennessy, Forbes J., - - - Jan., 1893. 

Hendrick, PeterA., - - - Feb., 1893. 

Irwin, William, - - - Jan., 1892. 

Johnson, James G., - - - May. 1890. 

Jenkins, William T., - - - May. 1893. 

Jones. John M., - - " Dec,i894. 

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Kelly, William H., - - - Oct., 1882. 

Kelly, John P., ... May! 1884. 

KiERNAN, Patrick, ... Oct., i£ 

Kennelly, William, - - . Sep., iS 

Kane, John P., - . . May, 1890. 

Kennelly. B. L., - . . Feb., 1891. 

KiERNAN, Adrian T., - - . Jan., 1893. 

Kelly, M. J.. - - . . jan.,' 1893! 

Kelly, Thomas P., - - . May, 1893. 

Kane, D. J., - . . . May, 1893, 

Kennedy, John J., - . . Dec, 1893. 

Kelly, Edward, - - . Peb., 1894. 

Leavy, Joseph, - - . . May, 1884. 

Lardner, William J., - - . Nov., 1888. 

Lynch. John B., . . . • May,' 1890. 

Leonard, P. H., - - . May, 1890. 

Lenihan, JohnT., - - . May, 1893. 

Macklin, John J., - . . Feb., 1881. 

Martin, James J., - - . Mar., 1887. 

Murray, Henry, - - . Mar., 1887. 

Moynahan, Bartholomew, - - May, 1890. 

Manning, John B., - - . Feb., 1893. 

MoRiARTY, Thaddeus, - - - May, 1893. 

Mettam, J. Charles, - - . May, 1893. 

MuLQUEEN, Joseph F., - - - Feb., 1894. 

Macdona, Harry, - - . Mar., 1894. 

Macdonald, John M., ... Dec, 1894 

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MlLLIGAN, PhIUI', 

McClure, David, 
McAleenan, Henry J., 
McLean, Arthur A., 
McClellan, George B., 
McGuire, Edward J., 
McCreery, John A., 
McCartney, James, 
McCreery, William J., 
McAnerney, John, 
McGinness, J. R., 
McDonald, William, 
McMahon, James, 
McGowAN, John^P. 

NuNAN, Dennis, - 
Nolan, William T.. 

O'GoRMAN, Richard, 
O'DoNoHUK, Joseph J., 
O'Brien.^Morgan J., 
O'DowD, Farrell F., 
O'DoNOGHUE, Hugh, 
O'Donohue, J. J., Jr-> 
O'SuLLivAN, John, 
O'Brien, Miles M., 
O'Connell, Daniel, 
O'Neill, Francis-, 
O'DONOGHUE, William 
O'Reilly, F. C, 



Dec, 


1894. 


May, 


1884. 


Feb., 


1889. 


Sep., 


1889. 


Jan., 


1891. 


Jan., 


1893. 


Jan., 


1893. 


Jan., 


1893. 


Jan., 


1893. 


Jan., 


1893. 


Feb., 


1893. 


Feb., 


1893. 


May, 


1893. 


Dec, 


1894. 


Sep., 


1S89. 


Feb., 


1893. 


Feb. 


1852. 


Dec. 


1867. 


Mar. 


1879. 


Mar. 


, 1879. 


May, 


1884. 


May, 


1884. 


Feb. 


1885. 


Feb. 


, 1885. 


Feb. 


, 1885. 


Mar. 


, 1887 


Mar. 


, 1887 


Mar. 


. 1887 



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O'Keefe, John, G., - - - Feb., 1S91. 

OCoNNELL, John, . . . Jan., 1892. 

O'DwYER, Edward F., - - - Jan., 1893. 

O'BoYLE, Peter A., . - . Feb., 1893. 

O'Keefe, Alfred J., . - - Feb. ,1893. 

Orr, William C, - - - May, 1893. 

O'Reilly, Mons. Bernard, - - Mar., 1894. 

O'Brien, John P. _ _ - Dec, 1894. 

PHH.BIN, Stephen, _ . . Mar., 1879. 

Phelan, James J., _ . . Feb., 1886. 

Power, Maurice J., - - - Feb., 1886. 

Patterson, Edward, - - . May, 1893. 

Parsons, William E., Jr. , - - Dec. , 1893. 

Quinlan, James H., . . _ Jan., 1893. 

QuiNN, John J., - . - . Dec, 1893. 

Reiley, Robert T., - - - Feb., 1875. 

RoLSTON, Lewis B., - - - Nov., 1885. 

Reilly, John, . . _ . Mar., 1887. 

Ryan, T. F., .... Mar., 1887. 

Reid, John, - _ _ . Jan., 1893. 

Ryan, C. J., - . . _ Jan., 1893. 

Rath, Nicholas, ... Jan., 1893. 

Rooney, John J., - - - Feb., 1894. 

Smyth, Frederick, - - - Mar., 1871. 

Scott, Edward W., - - - Feb., 1878. 

Spellman, John H., - - - May, 1884. 

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Shaw, Thomas F., - - - Feb., iJ 

Strong, Dr. Alexander, - - Nov., 1S85, 

Scott, E. Abner, - - - Nov., i{ 

Sheehan, S. Garrett, - - - Feb., 1893. 

Treacy, Richard S., - - - Feb., 1885. 

TxAYNOR, James J., - - - Nov., 1885, 

Treacy, Patrick S., - - - Oct., 1887. 

Tierney, Miles, - - - May, 1890. 

Tone, T. Wolfe, - . - Jan., 1893. 

Tr AVERS, Vincent P., . - . Feb., 1893. 

Travers Francis C, - - - Feb., 1893, 

Vincent, John, .... Feb., 1893. 

Walters, R. M., - - . May, 1884. 

Walters, Charles F., - - . May, 1884. 

Wing ATE, George W., - . - May, 1884. 

Whalen, John, - . . . May, 1890. 

Walsh, Patrick, - - - Dec, 1893. 

Walsh, Augustin, - . . Dec, 1893. 

Winters, Lawrence, - - . Feb., 1894. 



Extract from a speech, by Hon. Charles P. Daly, 
ex-presideftt of the Society, in response to the toast- 
''The day we celebrate,'' at the 105th Annual 
Dinfier, March 17th, 1889. 



"Gentlemen, I am not asked upon this occasion 
to go over my long recollections of half a century 
in the celebration of this day by this Society, but 
in an Irish way to go farther. I am asked by the 
Committee of Arrangements, this being the centen- 
nial year of the beginning of the general Govern- 
ment of the United States in this city, when George 
Washington was inaugurated President of the 
United States, and the first Congress sat here, 
whether I knew anything about the Friendly Sons 
of St. Patrick in that year ; who then composed the 
Society, and whether they celebrated Saint Pat- 
rick's Day in that year or not. Fortunately I am 
able to do so, and with it I will conclude my re- 
marks. 

You know, Mr. President, and some of the older 
members of the Society, that all its records were 
destroyed at the great fire of New York in 1836; 



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1789 DINNER 

but during the long period of my life, I have been 
able to gather many things connected with its 
early history, and to get something respecting the 
very year inquired about. 

The late Mr. Henry E. Pierrepont, some years 
ago, showed me a manuscript of his maternal 
grandfather, who, a hundred years ago, in 1789, 
was the President of the Society, containing the 
regulations which he made for the dinner on the 
17th of March in that year, at the Merchants' Coffee 
House in this city ; the guests that were there, the 
toasts that were drunk, and the names of some of 
the members of the Society who were present ; so 
that, fortunately, I am enabled from that document 
to tell you who the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick 
were on that night, one hundred years ago. 

The President of the Society that year, gentle- 
men, was William Constable. He was a native of 
Dublin, was an aid-de-camp to General Lafayette 
during the Revolution, and a friend of Washington, 
for whom the full length portrait of Washington by 
Stuart, now known as the "Pierrepont Washing- 
ton " was painted. Before the Revolution he was 
a merchant in Philadelphia. He entered the city 
of New York with the American troops on the 
twenty-fifth of November, 1783, upon its evacuation 
by the British. The city was then in a deplorable 
condition. A large portion on the west side had 

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1789 DINNF.K 

been entirely destroyed by fire, and the city had 
been so neglected and ill used by the British, dur- 
ing their occupation of it, that it presented anything 
but an attractive appearance. Mr. Constable quietly 
walked over it, went down to the old Fort which 
stood then on the site of the present Battery, and 
when he saw the magnificent Bay and the great 
commercial advantages of its position, he expressed 
the opinion that this would be the future great city 
of America, and in accordance with that conviction, 
he removed his mercantile house from Philadelphia, 
and established in New York what was long known 
thereafter as the great commercial house of Con- 
stable & Co. At this day, you may think that there 
was nothing remarkable in this commercial insight 
upon his part ; but such was not the impression at 
the time. The prevailing opinion was that Phila- 
delphia was to be the great future city. It was 
then a finer one than New York, had a larger popu- 
lation, and the conviction was, therefore, as I have 
said, very general that it was to be the principal 
city of the country. The question was somewhat 
discussed at the time, and one sapient gentleman — 
I don't think he was an Irishman— said that he had 
fully considered the subject, and that he was un- 
able to make up his mind, because both cities in 
the future would be rivals for the trade of New 
Jersey. 



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1789 DINNER 

I have in my hand a copy that I made of Mr. 
Constable's manuscript, in which he put down the 
names of those who were to sit on his right and on 
his left, and when I have read the names you will 
see that our old Irish Society stood in the popular 
estimation of that day, as well as it does now or as 
ever. On his right was General George Clinton, 
then the Governor of the State of New York, and 
the son of an Irishman, Next to him sat General 
Knox, that favorite soldier and companion of Wash- 
ington, who, you will remember, when Washington 
took farewell of all his officers in the city, was the 
•first to advance towards his commander, and, fall- 
ing upon his shoulder wept. Next followed Baron 
Steuben, the officer of Frederick the Great, who 
volunteered in the American struggle, and who was 
so efficient in the military instruction of our army. 
Then came John Jay, the first Chief Justice of the 
United States, and General Irwin. General Mat- 
thew Irwin may not be recalled by all present. He 
was an Irishman, who, like Constable, had been a 
merchant in Philadelphia, and like him entered the 
American army at the breaking out of the Revolu- 
tion. He was one of the most active in raising the 
funds, contributed by sixty citizens of Philadelphia, 
for the relief of the American army at Valley Forge 
at the time of its great destitution ; he himself con- 
tributing five thousand pounds, a very large sum 



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at that time. The other guests were as follows : 
Chief Justice Morris, then Chief Justice of the 
Supreme Court : Robert Morris, the great financier 
of the Revolution ; the Rev. John C. Kuntz, one of 
the popular ministers of that day; Theophylact 
Bache, long a leading merchant of New York, 
whose brother Richard married Sarah, the only 
daughter of Benjamin Franklin. Robert Lenox, 
the father of the gentleman who gave the library 
of that name to this city. James Duane. the son of 
an Irishman, and then Mayor of the city ; Judge 
John Sloss Hobart, then a Judge of the Supreme 
Court of the State, afterwards Judge of the District 
Court of the United States ; Col. Richard Varick, 
Recorder of the city ; David Grim, President of the 
German Society ; William Maxwell, Vice-President 
of the St. Andrew's Society, and Joshua Wadding- 
ton, William Seaton, Christian W. Wilmerding, 
leading micrchants of the city, and John Wilkes, 
President of the Bank of New York. These were 
the names that appear on Mr. Constable's list as 
the honored guests w^ho were present at the Soci- 
ety's dinner on the 17th of March. 1789. I read 
further from his memorandum, he says: "The 
following gentlemen will act as ushers for the day, 
introducing the strangers to the city, and officers 
of the different societies, and also attending to the 
placing of the gentlemen." The names given are 



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Mr. Boyle, Mr. George Pollock, Mr. Bradford, all 
prominent and distinguished merchants of that 
time, and Dr. Gibson. And then follows a further 
direction : ' Mr. Thomas Roach, as Senior Coun- 
cillor, will take the head of the side table, and 
aided by Mr. John Shaw, Mr. H. Smith and Cap- 
tain Barnwell, will superintend at the different 
tables "to give the toasts and pass the bottles.'" 
(Laughter.) 

Well, gentlemen, it would take too much time 
upon an occasion like this to give at any length an 
account of the rhembers of the Society who were 
present ; but I will refer to a few, some of them 
founders of the leading families of New York. An 
eminent member of the Society was Daniel McCor- 
mick, who for many years was its President, and 
during the colcmial period was a member of the 
older Society, the Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick. 
I remember him in my youth, sitting on his stoop, 
in Wall Street, when Wall Street had more private 
residences than places of business, watching the 
gentlemen that passed by, to select froiu them 
those whom he would each day invite to dinner. 
(Laughter.) 

Another member was Hugh Gaine. To those 
who are acquainted with the early history of New 
York his name will be familiar in connection with 
books, pamphlets, broadsides and other publications, 



bearing the imprint of his name as publisher, and of 
the many, familiar with that name, very few, I 
apprehend, have known that he was an Irishman. 
He came to the colony of New York before the 
middle of the last century, and established in the 
city, in 1750, its principal newspaper, known as 
Gaine's Mercury, which he conducted until the 
breaking out of the Revolution, and before that 
event he kept the principal bookstore of the city, at 
the sign of the Bible and Crown, in Hanover Square. 
He was one of those careful North of Ireland Irish- 
men, who did not feel altogether certain what 
might be the result of the contest ; so, at the break- 
ing out of the war, he quietly moved his printing 
press to Newark, but after the battle of Long 
Island, and when the English had got possession 
of the city of New York, he quietly returned to the 
city and resumed his business under his old sign of 
the Bible and Crown, and when Washington, with 
his troops, entered New York he, in his crisp way, 
gave in his adhesion to the new state of things, by 
taking down the Crown and leaving up the Bible. 
(Laughter.) He was the Treasurer of the Society 
for a great many years, and died in 1812, leaving 
behind him a large property. Three other promin- 
ent members were Alexander Macomb, who was 
the father of General Macomb, who preceded Gene- 
ral Scott as the Commander-in-Chief of the Ameri- 



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1789 DINNER 

can Army, and William Edgar and John McVicker. 
These three men came here some years before the 
Revolution, and began as fur traders, that industry 
in which John Jacob Astor laid the foundation of 
his great fortune, and each of them acquired in 
that business a large fortune, and were at that time, 
1789, among the principal persons in New York. 
Macomb's name is still preserved in the Macomb's 
Dam Bridge. In 1786 he built the largest and most 
elegant private residence that had then been built 
in the city. Washington occupied it as the Presi- 
dential residence until the Government was re- 
moved to Philadelphia. The house will be within 
the recollection of some of the gentlemen present, 
as the hotel on the lower part of Broadway, below 
Wall Street, long known as the Bunker Mansion 
House. 

Another person whose name I ought to mention 
was Dominick Lynch. He was a lineal descendant 
of the famous Mayor of Galway, of that name, 
called "The Brutus of Ireland," who presided at 
the trial and conviction of his own son for a capital 
offense, and who was executed, Mr. Lynch came 
here from Bruges, in Flanders, in 1783, and estab- 
lished a great mercantile house in the city, that was 
continued for more than half a century. He is 
especially to be remembered by the Catholic por- 
tion of the community as the man who, chiefly from 



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his own means, built the first Cathohc Church in 
this city, Saint Peter's Church in Barclay Street. 

If I am not trespassing too much on your time, I 
will mention another distinguished person, compara- 
tively little known, and by few known to have been 
an Irishman. This was Christopher Colles. He 
came here before the Revolution, and was the first 
to suggest that New York should be supphed with 
fresh and wholesome water, and may, therefore, be 
regarded as the pioneer of the Croton Aqueduct. 
He undertook to build a reservoir for that purpose 
in 1774, but his efforts were frustrated by the break- 
ing out of the war. He entered the army on the 
American side, and was made, by General Wash- 
ington, Superintendent of Ordnance. He is espe- 
cially worthy of remembrance from the fact that 
he was the first that conceived the idea of uniting 
the waters of the Hudson with the waters of Lake 
Erie. The first man to suggest the Erie Canal. He 
sent a memorial to the Legislature of the State of 
New York in 1786, laying out the route for the 
Canal, giving the general plan and some estimate 
of the expense, but his project was considered as 
visionary. It was, however, revived four or five 
years afterwards, and finally, in 18 10, Dewitt Clinton 
took it up and brought it to a successful termination. 
I am happy to say, as one of the advantages of age, 
that I witnessed the celebration in this city in 1826. 



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1789 DINNER 

in honor of the completion of that great public work 
— and which I remember as the most beautiful and 
effective public display that I have ever seen in 
this city ; one of the most vivid remembrances of 
which is the noble figure of Clinton riding in an 
open barouche in the midst of the procession as it 
moved up Broadway, bowing in response to the 
cheers of the enthusiastic crowds. 

And there was also of the Society, Charles Thom- 
son, the Secretary of the Continental Congress, and 
of every Congress from 1774 to 1789, who came 
from Londonderry, and who, it has been said, was 
the life of the Continental Congress, and a man of 
such integrity and truthfulness that it was then a 
common saying that a thing was as true as if 
Charles Thomson said it. - * * 



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CHRONOLOGICAL L[ST OF THE PRESIDENTS, TREASURERS 
AND SECRETARIES OF THE SOCIETY. 



Daniel McCormick, President. 
1784 Hugh Gaine, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

William Constable. President. 
1789 Hugh Gaine, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Alexander Macomb, President. 

1791 Hugh Gaine, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Thomas Roach. President. 

1792 Hugh Gaine, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Daniel McCormick, President. 

1793 Hugh Gaine, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Daniel McCormick, President. 

1794 Hugh Gaine, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

William Constable, President. 

1795 Hugh Gaine, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 



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George Pollock, President. 

1796 Hugh Gaine, Treasurer. 
R. R. WADDELii, Secretary. 

Daniel McCormick, President. 

1797 William Hill, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Daniel McCormick, President. 

1798 William Hill, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Daniel McCormick, President. 

1799 William Hill, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Daniel McCormick, President. 

1804 William Hill, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Daniel McCormick, President. 

1805 John Caldwell, Treasurer. 
R. R. Waddell, Secretary. 

Daniel McCormick, President. 

1806 John Caldwell, Treasurer. 
Christopher Prince, Secretary. 

Campbell P. White, President. 
1835 Samuel Osborne, Treasurer. 
Dudley Persse. Secretary. 



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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 

Campbell P. White, President. 

1836 Samuel Osborne; Treasurer. 
Dudley Persse, Secretary. 

Campbell P. White, President. 

1837 Samuel Osborne, Treasurer. 
Robert J. Dillon, Secretary. 

Campbell P. White, President. 

1838 Arthur Stewart, Treasurer. 
Dudley Persse, Secretary. 

Dr. Robert Hogan, President. 

1839 Arthur Stewart, Treasurer. 
Wm. Arnold, Secretary. 

Dr. Robert Hogan, President. 

1840 Arthur Stewart, Treasurer. 
William Arnold, Secretary. 

Dr. Robert Hogan, President. 

1841 Arthur Stewart, Treasurer. 
M. O. Barry, Secretary. 

Dr. Robert Hogan, President. 

1842 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
M. O. Barry, Secretary. 

James Reyburn, President. 

1843 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
Charles Birney, Secretarx. 



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James Reyburn, President. 

1844 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
Charles H. Birney, Secretary. 

James Reyburn, President. 

1845 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
William G. Fitzgerald, Secretary. 

James Reyburn, President. 

1846 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
W. G. Fitzgerald, Secretary. 

James Reyburn, President. 

1847 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
W. G. Fitzgerald, Secretary. 

James Reyburn, President. 

1848 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
W. G. Fitzgerald, Secretary. 

James Reyburn, President. 

1849 Charles M. Nanry. Treasurer. 
Charles H. Birney, Secretary. 

James Reyburn, President. 

1850 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
Charles H. Birney, Secretary. 

Richard Bell, President. 

1851 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
Charles H. Birney, Secretary. 



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Richard Bell, President. 

1852 Charles M. Nanry, 7"/ ^^^?<>'^^. 
Charles H. Birnry, Secretary. 

Joseph Stuart, President . 

1853 Charles M. Nanry, Treasurer. 
Charles H. Birney, Secretary 

Joseph Stuart, President. 

1854 Charles H. Birney, Treasurer. 
Richard O'Gorman. Secretary. 

Joseph Stuart, President 

1855 C. H. Birney, Treasurer. 
Richard O'Gorman, Secretary. 

Joseph Stuart, President. 

1856 C. H, Birney, Tfcasnrer. 
Richard O'Gorman. Secretary. 

S A M u E L S Lo A N , Pr csidcnt. 

1857 C. H. Birney, Treasurer. 
Walter Magee. Secretary. 

Samuel Sloan, President. 

1858 C. H. Birney. Treasurer. 
Walter Magee, Secretary. 

Richard O'Gorman, Preside^it. 

1859 C. H. Birney, Treasurer. 
Walter Magee, Secretary. 



CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 

C. P. Daly. President. 
18fi0 C. H. BiRNEY, Treasurer. 

Thomas Barbour, Secretary. 

C. P. Daly, President 

1861 C. H. BiRNEY, Treasurer. 
Thomas Barbour, Secretary. 

C. P. Daly, President. 

1862 C. H. BiRNEY. Treasurer. 
Thomas Barbour. Secretary. 

James T. Brady. President. 

1863 C, H. BiRNEY, Treasuter. 
Thomas Barbour, Secretary. 

James T. Brady, P esident. 

1864 C. H. BiRNEY. Treasurer. 
A. O'DoNNELL, Secretary. 

Richard Bell. President. 

1865 H. L. HoGUET. Treasurer. 
Wm. Whiteside, Secretary. 

Joseph Stuart, President. 

1866 H. L. HoGUET, Treasurer. 
William Whiteside. Secretary. 

H. L. HoGUET, Presideyit. 

1867 Wm. Whiteside, Treasurer. 
James Reid, Secretary 



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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 

J. R. Brady, President. 

1868 Wm. Whiteside, Treasurer. 
James Reid, Secretary. 

Eugene Kelly, Preside?it. 

1869 Wm. Whiteside, Treasurer. 
Edward Boyle, Secretary. 

Charles P. Daly, President. 

1870 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
Edward Boyle, Secretary. 

J. R. Brady, President. 

1871 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
Robert J. Hoguet, Secretary. 

J. R. Brady. President. 

1872 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
S. O. A. Murphy, Secretary. 

John R. Brady, Prtsident. 

1873 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
S. O. A. Murphy, Secretary. 

John R. Brady, President. 

1874 William Whiteside. Treasurer. 
S. O. A. Murphy. Secretary. 

Thomas Barbour, President. 

1875 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
S. O, A. Murphy, Secretary. 



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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 



Thomas Barbour, President. 

1876 William Whiteside, Treasurer . 
Eugene B. Murtha, Secretary, 

Hugh J. Hastings, President. 

1877 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
Eugene B. Murtha, Secretary. 

Charles P. Daly, President. 

1878 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
Eugene B. Murtha, Secretary. 

Charles P. Daly, President. 

1879 William Whiteside, Treasurer.- 
Eugene B. Murtha, Secretary. 

Charles P. Daly, President. 

1880 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
Eugene B. Murtha, Secretary. 

Charles P. Daly, President. 

1881 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
John McK. McCarthy, Secretary. 

Charles P. Daly, President. 

1882 William Whiteside, Treasurer. 
John McK. McCarthy. Secretary. 

Charles P. Daly, President. 

1883 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
John McK. McCarthy, Secretary. 



CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 

Charles P. Daly, President. 

1884 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
John Savage. Secretary. 

Joseph J. O'Donohue, President. 

1885 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Francis Higgins, Secretary 

Joseph J. O'Donohue, President. 

1886 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Francis Higgins, Secretary. 

James R. Cuming, President. 

1887 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer 
Henry McCloskey, Secretary. 

Joseph J. O'Donohue, President. 

1888 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Henry McCloskey, Secretary. 

Joseph J. O'Donohue, President. 

1889 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Henry McCloskey, Secretary. 

David McClure, President. 

1890 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Henry McCloskey, Secretary. 

David McClure, President. 

1891 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Henry McCloskey, Secretary. 



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CHRONOLOGICAL LIST 

John D. Crimmins, President. 

1892 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Eugene Durnin, Secretary. 

John D. Crimmins, President 

1893 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Bartholomew Moynahan, Secretary. 

John D. Crimmins, President. 

1894 Eugene Kelly, Treasurer. 
Bartholomew Moynahan, Secretary. 



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List of members of the Friendly Sons of St. Patrick 
who, on March jrd, 1805, met, paid their dues of $s 
each and voted for officei's for that year. 



Daniel McCormick (Pres't), 
G. Barnwell (Vice-Pres't), 

M. HOGAN, 

W. Hill, 
John Shaw. 
J, Searight, 

M. ROYLE, 

J. Carets, 
D. Reid, 

Valentine Blake. 
William Rutledge, 
William Wallace, 
W. Craig, 
J. Sullivan, 
William Bailie, 
William Bryar, 
G. Suffern, 
W, Shaw, 
Charles McCarty, 
John Caldwell (Treas.), 
William Edgar, 
C. Henrv, 
R. Dickey, 
Alexander Cranston, 



M. Roth, 
S. Craig, 

J. W. MCCOMB, 

J. Parks, 

James McConnell, 

J. Murray, 

John Phelan, 

Andrew Morris, 

John N. Macomb, 

Alexander Phister, 

GULIAN McEVERS, 

James Watson, 
R. Dickey, 

R. R. Waddell (Sec'y), 
Dr. Kemp, 
Mr. Hugh Gaine, 
William H. Jephson, 
James Chambers, 
Capt O'Connor, 
Nathan McVickar, 
John McVickar, 
Dominick Lynch, 
John Keith. 



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OFFICERS— 1895. 



PRESIDENT, 

JAMES S. COLEMAN. 

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, 

EDWARD W. SCOTT. 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, 

JOHN McANERNEY. 

TREASURER, 

JOHN D. CRIMMINS. 

RECORDING SECRETARY, 

BARTHOLOMEW MOYNAHAN. 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 

EDWARD J. McGUIRE. 

ALMONER, 

JOHN CRANE. 

COMMITTEE ON ACCOUNTS, 

MORGAN J. O'BRIEN, EUGENE DURNIN, 

JOHN FOX. 

COMMITTEE ON CHARITY, 

DAVID McCLURE, FRANK C. O'REILLY, 

MILES M. O'BRIEN. 

STEWARDS, 

FREDERICK SMYTH, THOMAS R FITZSIMONS. 

WILLIAM H. KELLY, HOWARD CONSTABLE, 

J. J. ROONEY. 



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